Mari Yamaguchi
The Associated Press
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Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol in return... → Read More
Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week
TOKYO (AP) — Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-... → Read More
Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week
Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a large influx o... → Read More
Japan to restore preferred trade status for South Korea
Japan’s trade ministry says it has begun procedures to restore preferential trade status for South Korea, days after Seoul took a similar step for Tokyo and requested reciprocity, and more than three years after the countries downgraded each other duri... → Read More
Japan ocean policy vows tougher security amid China threat
TOKYO (AP) — Japan adopted a new five-year ocean policy on Friday that calls for stronger maritime security, including bolstering its coast guard’s ca... → Read More
North Korea Fires Missile that May Have Been New Type of Weapon
Its neighbors say North Korea has conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month as it extends a provocative run of weapons tests. → Read More
Japan unveils proposal to promote marriage, raise birthrate
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country’s declining birthrate unveiled a draft proposal Friday aimed at reversing t... → Read More
Japan activists demand dual-surname option on Women's Day
TOKYO (AP) — Women’s rights activists in Japan renewed their demand Wednesday for the government to allow married couples the option to keep both of their surnames, saying the current practice i... → Read More
Japan destroys new H3 rocket carrying experimental defense tech
Coming three weeks after an aborted launch due to a separate glitch, the H3′s failure was a setback for Japan’s space program. → Read More
Japan launches H3 rocket, destroys it over 2nd-stage failure
Coming three weeks after an aborted launch due to a separate glitch, the H3′s failure was a setback for Japan’s space program → Read More
Haruki Murakami’s first novel in six years to hit stores in April
Details about the plot are being withheld because many Murakami fans prefer to start reading his books without knowing what they are about → Read More
Leiji Matsumoto, known for antiwar anime, space tales, dies at 85
Leiji Matsumoto was an anime creator known for "Space Battleship Yamato" and other classics using a fantastical style and antiwar themes → Read More
Japan bids teary farewell to pandas sent to reserve in China
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans bid teary farewells to their idols Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and his twin daughters who were sent to China on Tuesday to swap their home at the zoo for a prot… → Read More
Leiji Matsumoto, creator of ‘Space Battleship Yamato,’ dies
TOKYO (AP) — Leiji Matsumoto, the anime creator known for ”Space Battleship Yamato” and other classics using a fantastical style and antiwar themes, has died at age 85. His manga works “Galaxy Express 999” and “Space Pirate Captain Herlock” were adapted into television anime series in the 1970s and became huge hits in and outside […] → Read More
Japanese bid farewell to beloved panda returning to China
Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance before flying to her home country, China → Read More
Japan firm opens whale meat vending machines to push sales
A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele: whale meat vending machines. → Read More
Japan launches whale meat vending machines to promote sales
A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its controversial products, has found a new way to cultivate clientele. → Read More
Japan firm opens whale meat vending machines to push sales
A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele: whale meat vending machines → Read More
Japan launches intel satellite to watch N. Korea, disasters
The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, successfully lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. → Read More
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to step aside, become chairman
Toyota said the leadership reshuffle is part of a move to stay abreast of social changes like electrification and becoming a wider ‘mobility company’ → Read More